An alliance to support CA local government. SEEC ClearPath California 101: Getting Started

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1 An alliance to support CA local government SEEC ClearPath California 101: Getting Started December 2014

2 Contents 1. Introduction..4 a. About this guide.4 b. Online trainings 4 c. Selecting a track..4 d. Tool modules Inventories.6 a. Scoping..6 b. Data collection.7 c. Factor sets..9 d. Data entry 9 3. Forecasts..12 a. Data collection..12 b. Annual growth rates.13 c. Factor sets 15 d. State polices 15 e. Applying growth rate factors to the forecast module Planning 18 a. Set reduction goals. 18 b. Create reduction strategies c. Create scenario.20 Appendix 1: Factor set tables for solid waste and electricity...23 Appendix 2: Transportation emissions factors...25 Appendix 3: Registering for SEEC ClearPath CA The Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative (SEEC) is an alliance between the Local Government Commission, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, the Institute for Local Government and California s four investor-owned utilities. This program is funded by California utility customers and administered by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Southern California Edison and Southern California Gas Company under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission. SEEC partners: ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability Institute for Local Government Local Government Commission Pacific Gas and Electric Company San Diego Gas & Electric Company Southern California Edison Southern California Gas Company 2015 Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative. Trademarks are property of their respective owners. All rights reserved. Page 2

3 Introduction About this Guide SEEC ClearPath California is a powerful tool to help you measure and track greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in your community. This guide provides an introduction to the basic structure of SEEC ClearPath CA and to important concepts that will help you use the tool effectively. Once you have read this introduction, please refer to the detailed user guides for each SEEC ClearPath CA module, which can be accessed from the SEEC ClearPath CA home screen. If you have not already registered for a username and password to use SEEC ClearPath CA, detailed instructions on doing so are provided in Appendix 3. Online Training Figure 1: Accessing online trainings An extensive set of online self-paced recorded trainings is available through to help you use SEEC ClearPath CA, and to get started with your inventory, forecast or climate action plan. To view these trainings, follow these two simple steps: Step 1: Select Resources and Guidance Step 2: Check the On-demand Training box under resource type You may further narrow the results by checking boxes under Browse by Topic, if you wish. If you are new to greenhouse gas measurement and management, it is recommended that you view the trainings relevant to the task you are trying to complete (inventory, climate action plan, etc.) and then come back to this quick start guide as a reference as you use SEEC ClearPath CA. Page 3

4 Selecting a Track Figure 2: Selecting a Track Click here to start government operations analysis Click here to start community analysis After logging into SEEC ClearPath CA, you will need to select either the government operations or community track to begin, as shown in Figure 2. SEEC ClearPath CA allows analysis of GHG emissions data at two different scales: The government track addresses things like buildings owned by your local government, and the vehicle fleet it operates. The community-scale track is much broader and includes homes, businesses, and privately operated vehicles in the community. These two tracks are kept separate within the tool, although you can switch back and forth to enter data in both. Tool Modules Within each of the government operations and community tracks, SEEC ClearPath CA is organized into modules for each of the major tasks the tool can assist with. This organization is shown in Figure 3. Page 4

5 Figure 3: Basic structure and workflow of SEEC ClearPath CA. Inventory Forecast Planning Monitoring Baseline conditions Relationships between activities and emissions Projected levels of future activites Expected changes to relationships between activities and emissions Scenarios of combinations of mitigation actions Expected performance of mitigation actions in forecasted conditions Compare performance of mitigation actions against expectations Compare performance of inventories against expectations Inventories A greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory estimates the quantity of GHG emissions associated with a community, or with government operations, during a chosen analysis year. Protocols provide the approach for each kind of inventory, and the calculation methods that are used in SEEC ClearPath CA. Government operations inventories are governed by the Local Government Operations Protocol, while community inventories are governed by the Community Protocol. Inventories serve two purposes. One is to establish the baseline conditions that will be used to project future emissions and set goals. The other purpose is to perform periodic performance checks to measure progress against the baseline and goals. For background information on inventories, see the Quick Start Guide for Conducting a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, and for more detail on using the SEEC ClearPath CA inventory module, see the Inventory Module User Guide (both available through Forecasts Once you have completed a GHG inventory for a baseline year, the forecast module will help you to project business-as-usual emissions into the future (what emissions would be in the absence of local action to reduce emissions). See the Forecast Module User Guide for more detail. Planning The planning module will help you develop a climate action plan, which lays out a set of discrete, specific actions that collectively will reduce GHG emissions to meet a target chosen by your local government. See the Planning Module User Guide for more detail. Monitoring The monitoring module allows you to track implementation of climate action plan measures and the resulting energy savings, emissions reductions and other indicators. Monitoring records connect with measures in the climate action plan, allowing comparison of actual emissions reductions over time with those projected. Reports also allow comparison of emissions by sector across multiple inventories. See the Monitoring Module User Guide for more detail. Page 5

6 Inventory The steps to completing an inventory for community or government operations emissions are shown in figure 4, and are described in more detail below. Figure 4: Inventory steps Scoping Determine the emissions sources and activites to include Data collection Factor sets Request needed data from internal records, utilities, and other sources (see tables 1 and 2) Enter emissions factors in SEEC ClearPath CA (see Appendix 1) Data entry Enter data in SEEC ClearPath CA 1. Inventory Scoping The first step in conducting an inventory is to determine the boundaries of what is included this process is referred to as scoping. For a government operations inventory, this boundary is determined by the concept of operational control. Essentially, any buildings, facilities (such as water and wastewater treatment plants), and vehicles operated by the local government will be included in the inventory: typical sectors and data sources for them are shown in Table 2. Determining what to include in the community inventory will require more decisions on your part. The Community Protocol requires at least inclusion of five basic emissions generating activities, outlined in Table 1. In addition, using the recommended local government influence reporting framework, you should consider what other emissions sources and activities in the community your local government may have significant influence over. Page 6

7 2. Data Collection Tables 1 and 2 provide an overview of the data you will need to collect for government operations and for community inventories, respectively. For more information about data collection, see the Community Inventory Data Collection and Conditioning Instructions and the Local Government Operations Inventory Instructions. Excel based master data work books for community and government operations are also available to organize your data before entry into SEEC ClearPath CA if desired. Table 1: Government Operations Inventory Data (Common sectors) Sector Data and Where to Find Where to Enter in SEEC ClearPath CA Local government operated buildings Electricity and natural gas use from local government records or utility Buildings & Facilities -> Emissions from Grid Electricity and Emissions from Stationary Fuel Combustion Streetlights and traffic signals Electricity use from local government records or utility Streetlights & Traffic Signals -> Emissions from Grid Electricity Water and wastewater treatment and transport facilities Electricity and natural gas use from local government records or utility Emissions from Grid Electricity and Emissions from Stationary Fuel Combustion (if operated by local government) Vehicle Fleet Local government records Vehicle Fleet -> Fleet Vehicle Emissions Employee Commute Employee survey Employee Commute -> Employee Commute Landfills (if operated by local government) Local government records Solid Waste Facilities -> Government Owned/Operated Landfill Government generated solid waste Local government records Solid Waste Facilities -> Waste Generation Utility Serving How to Access Local Government Operations Electricity and/or Natural Gas Data Community PG&E Visit the Green Communities Data Portal, request access, and request reports. index.page SCE, SDG&E, and Work with your existing account executive. SoCal Gas Page 7

8 Table 2: Community Inventory Data Collection and Entry (Basic Activities) Five Basic Emissions Generating Activities 1. Electricity: Use of electricity by the community 2. Natural Gas: Use of fuel in residential and commercial stationary combustion equipment 3. Transportation: Onroad passenger and freight motor vehicle travel 4. Water: Use of energy in potable water and wastewater treatment and distribution 5. Waste: Generation of solid waste by the community Utility Serving Community PG&E SCE SDG&E SoCal Gas Data and Where to Find Request aggregate usage by residential and commercial categories from your local electric utility (see below). Request aggregate usage by residential and commercial categories from your local natural gas utility (see below). Request total community vehicle miles traveled (VMT) from your Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). Request from water supply and wastewater treatment facility operators. If unavailable use defaults: Request from local government department responsible for waste collection. Where to Enter in SEEC ClearPath CA Residential Energy-> Emissions from Grid Electricity and Commercial Energy -> Emissions from Grid Electricity Residential energy -> Emissions from Stationary Fuel Combustion and Commercial energy -> Emissions from Stationary Fuel Combustion Transportation and Mobile Sources-> *Updated* On Road Transportation Choose On-Road Factor Calculation Method Water & Wastewater -> Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Energy Use and Emissions from Supply of Potable Water Solid Waste -> Waste Generation How to Access Community Electricity and/or Natural Gas Data Go to: unities/index.page Go to: DRw9nU3MXQ09DQwMTPQLsh0VAS5Q60E!/ Go to: sdge.com/energydata. Aggregated customer usage data reports are publicly available through this site. An online request form is also available on the site to enable a formal data request if additional data is needed. Go to: From here you can view available usage reports or submit a request for a customized report based on user-defined criteria. Page 8

9 3. Factor Sets Factors sets are used in SEEC ClearPath CA to store numbers that are used in multiple emissions calculations, but that are different for different communities. You will need to enter data in several factor sets in order to complete your inventory. These factor sets and where to find the data to enter are summarized in Table 3. Table 3: Factor sets needed for community and government inventories Community Inventory Factor Sets Waste Characterization Percentages of different materials in community generated solid waste. Use local waste characterization survey or table A1 in Appendix 1. Grid Electricity Local emissions factors for your utility: lbs CO2/MWh, lbs CH4/GWh, lbs N2O/GWh. These may be provided by your utility along with usage data; if not use factors from Table A3 in Appendix 1. Government Operations Inventory Factor Sets Transportation Waste Characterization Grid Electricity Fuel efficiency for government fleet vehicles; calculate from local government records on fuel use and miles traveled. Factors for g CH4/mi and g N2O/mi can be found in Table A4 in Appendix 2. You may create different factor sets for different groups of vehicles or departments if you wish. Percentages of different materials in government generated solid waste. Use local waste characterization survey or table A2 in Appendix 1. Local emissions factors for your utility: lbs CO2/MWh, lbs CH4/GWh, lbs N2O/GWh. These may be provided by your utility along with usage data; if not use factors from Table A3 in Appendix Data Entry Now you are ready to enter the data collected during Step 2 into SEEC ClearPath CA. Open the inventory module and select the sector and calculator, as indicated in Table 2 or Table 3. A brief description of entering some common data for community inventories is provided below. For more information about data entry, see the inventory module user guide, and the online trainings. Electricity and Natural Gas Figure 5: Electricity and natural gas calculators Step 1: Select sector Step 2: Select calculator Page 9

10 Community use of electricity and natural gas is entered by sector: residential, commercial and industrial. Select each sector as shown in Figure 5. Step 1: Select the appropriate sector, Residential, Commercial, or Industrial to enter your community electricity and/or stationary fuel data. Step 2: Select the appropriate calculator i.e. electricity is entered in the calculator Emissions from Grid Electricity, and natural gas or any other stationary fuel (propane, fuel oil etc.) in Emissions from Stationary Fuel Combustion. Community Transportation For community transportation, you have the option of selecting from four different calculators to estimate community scale transportation emissions. In order for the Transportation Data to accurately translate to the Forecasting, Planning and Monitoring Modules, transportation data has to be entered separately for each fuel (i.e. Gasoline, Diesel or other fuels). VMT & MPG this calculator will be utilized if you are able to find specific community VMT data along with vehicle class fuel efficiency breakdown by fuel types (gasoline and diesel) (a good method, although the On-Road factor method will allow use of more locally specific emission factors for most CA communities). On-Road Factor: this calculator will be utilized if you are able to locate specific CO2, CH4 and N20 emission factors either aggregated across each fuel type or for each specific vehicle type (highly recommended and most common for California). Fuel Consumption: this calculator will be utilized if you are able to find fuel consumption data for your community s vehicles (not recommended unless it is the only option). Direct Entry: this calculator can be utilized if you already calculate emissions from a previous inventory or you did the calculations outside of SEEC ClearPath. Note if you only have a CO2e figure, you can enter that in the CO2 row (not recommended unless it is the only option). For the sake of providing the most locally specific emission factor, we recommend your community utilize the on-road emissions factor from the California Air Resources Board s EMFAC model. Appendix 2 provides detailed instructions for obtaining this factor. Appendix 2 also provides factors you will need for transportation CH4 and N2O emissions. You may also use on-road emissions factors provided by your local MPO, if available. Page 10

11 Once you have total VMT for your jurisdiction and the emissions factors, go to the Transportation & Mobile Sources sector in SEEC ClearPath CA, and follow the steps as shown in Figure 6. Figure 6: Community Transportation Data Entry Step 1: Select the On Road Transportation calculator. Under Calculation Method, select On- Road Factor, and the Select the appropriate Fuel Type Step 2: Enter your aggregated community VMT by fuel type in the value box VMT Step 3: Enter the factor for CO2 in the value box CO2 On Road Average Emissions Factor Step 4: Enter the factor for CH4 in the value box CH4 On Road Average Emissions Factor Step 5: Enter the factor for N2O in the value box N2O On Road Average Emissions Factor Page 11

12 Forecast Once you have completed your municipal operations and/or community scale baseline inventories in the Inventory module, the next step is to utilize SEEC ClearPath to create a Business-As-Usual emission forecast of future emissions, based on specific growth indicators at the municipal or community scale. A Business-As-Usual emission forecast calculates future emissions if no action is taken to mitigate them. The Forecast Module in SEEC ClearPath provides users the opportunity to create multiple emission forecasts that represent different scenarios in their communities. Steps to create a forecast are shown in Figure 7. Figure 7: Steps to completing a forecast for community or government operations Data collection Annual growth rates Get information about projected growth in population, employment, and number of households Convert to annual growth rates using the Compound Annual Growth Calculator, if needed Factor sets Enter annual growth rates into forecast factor sets State policies Create forecast factor sets for renewable portfolio standard and vehicle fuel efficiency Apply Apply factor sets to each fuel type to create forecast Step 1: Data Collection Data for emissions forecasts most commonly comes from your community s general plan, or you re your metropolitan planning organization (MPO). Data you will want to try to gather for a community forecast is outlined in Table 4, while that for a government operations forecast is outlined in Table 5. Note that one of the data points, service population, can be calculated from resident population and employment. For example, if your community had a 2010 population of 50,000 and the number of jobs was 15,000, then your 2010 service population would be 65,000. If your General Plan estimates the 2050 population to be 75,000 and the number of jobs to be 22,000, then your 2050 service population would be 97,000. Page 12

13 If your general plan or MPO provides annual growth rates, use these; if only projections for specific future years are provided, SEEC ClearPath CA will help you convert these to annual growth rates as described below. Most communities outline growth forecasts for 2020, 2035 and, most notably, You will want to gather data on population, number of households, and employment for each year included in your local or regional growth forecast, as well as for your inventory baseline year (or a year near it). While having each of these sets of data will provide the most accurate forecasting, you can use a proxy if one is not available. For example, growth in number of households tends to provide the most accurate forecast of residential energy use, but if it is not available, you can use projected population growth instead. Table 4: Community Forecast Data Growth Indicator Number of households Population Data Applicable Sectors Where to find? Projected growth of housing units Residential Energy General Plan in the community (or current and or MPO future # of households) Projected resident population growth (or current and future population) Employment Projected growth in the number of jobs in the community Service Growth in the sum of both number Population of jobs and Population Table 5: Government Operations Forecast Data Growth Indicator Municipal Employment Population Service Population Residential Energy, Transportation, Solid Waste, Water/Wastewater, Process & Fugitive Emissions Commercial Energy, Industrial Energy Transportation, Solid Waste, Water/Wastewater General Plan or MPO General Plan or MPO General Plan or MPO Data Applicable Sectors Where to find? Projected number of municipal jobs Buildings & Facilities, Street Lights General Plan & Traffic Signals, Vehicle Fleet, or MPO Employee Commute, Scope 3 Generated Waste Projected resident population growth (or current and future population) Growth in the sum of both number of jobs and Population Transit Fleet, Electric Power Production, Solid Waste Facilities, Water & Wastewater Facilities Transit Fleet, Electric Power Production, Solid Waste Facilities, Water & Wastewater Facilities, Process & Fugitive Emissions General Plan or MPO General Plan or MPO Calculating Annual Growth Rates If your general plan or MPO provides only projections for particular future years, you will need to convert these to annual growth rates to enter into SEEC ClearPath CA. Page 13

14 Figure 8: Opening the Compound Annual Growth Rate Calculator You can convert growth projections for a particular year into compound annual growth rates by using the Compound Annual Growth Rate Calculator provided in the tool. Access this calculator using the following steps as shown in Figure 8. Step 1: Click on the Forecast tab in SEEC ClearPath Step 2: Click on the Forecast Helpers button Step 3: Select the Compound Growth Rate Calculator Figure 9: Using the Growth Rate Calculator Once you have opened the calculator, enter the starting and ending values and years, as shown in Figure 9, to arrive at your compound annual growth rate. Step 1: Enter the name of your growth rate based on your data in Name entry box. Step 2: Enter the Start Year Value of your data (e.g. population in the start year). Page 14

15 Step 3: Enter the Start Year. Step 4: Enter the End Year Value of your data (e.g. population in the end year). Step 5: Enter the End Year. The growth rate will be shown in Outputs. You may save this record, and then repeat for additional growth indicators and year ranges as needed. Creating Factor Sets Figure 10: Entering Forecast Growth Rates Like the inventory module, the forecast module uses factor sets to store data that may be used more than once. In this case, you will enter the growth rates in factor sets as shown in Figure 10. Then you will be able to apply those to particular fuel types (as will be shown in Figure 12.) Step 1: Click on Factor Sets tab Step 2: Click on Forecast Growth Rates tab Step 3: Enter the name of your Growth Rate in the Name box Step 4: Enter the compound annual growth for each five year period starting from the beginning of your forecast to the final year. If data is available, create a factor set for each growth indicator shown in Table 4 and/or Table 5 (depending on whether you are creating a community forecast, government operations forecast, or both). State Policies Currently, there are two state policies that have an effect on emissions forecasting at the government operations and community level. The Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) affects the carbon intensity of the grid electricity by mandating that all Investor Owned Utilities and Municipal Utilities reach 33% renewable energy by Additionally, the Pavley II Standards outline fuel efficiency improvements for Page 15

16 on-road vehicles until Table 6 shows growth rate factors for these two policies. You should create a forecast factor set for each policy. Table 6: Growth factors for state policies Renewable Portfolio Standard Pavley II Standard Utility Annual growth rate* Time period Annual growth rate Anaheim Public Utilities City and County of San Francisco City of Palo Alto Public Utilities Glendale Water & Power Los Angeles Dept of Water & Power Pacific Gas & Electric Company PacifiCorp Pasadena Water & Power Riverside Public Utilities Roseville Electric Sacramento Municipal Utility Dist San Diego Gas & Electric Sierra Pacific Resources Southern California Edison Turlock Irrigation District CA Total *For 2020 and after, use an annual growth rate of zero for the Renewable Portfolio Standard. Applying Growth Rate Factors to the Forecast Module Figure 11: Creating a new forecast Now that you have created forecast factor sets for growth indicators and for state policies, you are ready to apply these to create an emissions forecast as shown in Figure 11. Step 1: Click on the Forecasts tab. Step 2: Click on New Forecast. Page 16

17 Step 3: Give your forecast a name. Step 4: Check the Use Start Values from Inventory option and select your baseline inventory to automatically populate the inventory values into your forecast. Step 5: Enter the End Year of the forecast you wish to calculate. Step 6: Save your new Forecast. Step 7: After you save the forecast, you will need to click Edit Records to begin applying growth rates Figure 12: Selecting forecast growth rates The forecast module is organized by sectors matching those in the inventory. Within each sector the fuels that might be used are listed. Apply growth rates to the fuels in each sector as indicated in Tables 4 and 5. A sample entry for the Residential Energy sector is shown in Figure 12. Note that you only need to enter growth rates for fuels that are actually included in your inventory. You will see that for electricity you are able to select a carbon intensity factor in addition to a growth rate. This is where you will select the renewable portfolio standard factor set. Similarly, for transportation forecast records you will find a place to select carbon intensity factor, which you will use to select the factor set for the Pavley II Standard. Page 17

18 Planning The SEEC ClearPath CA planning module allows you to analyze specific emissions reduction strategies, and to combine these into different emission reductions scenarios. Steps for creating a planning scenario are shown in Figure 13. Figure 13: Steps to create a planning scenario Set reduction goals Enter one or more emissions reduction goals Create reduction strategies Research and set up different emissions reduction actions your local government might take Create scenario Combine strategies in different ways to create different scenarios Set Reduction Goals Figure 14: Setting Goals Page 18

19 To begin a planning scenario, you will need to set one or more goals for emissions reduction in future years as shown in figure 14. These goals are expressed in the form of a percent reduction from your baseline year emissions (either community-wide or government operations), to be achieved by a certain year. Step 1: Click on the Planning tab. Step 2: Click the Emissions Reduction Goals button. Step 3: Give your goal a name. Step 4: Enter the % Reduction. Step 5: Enter the End year. Step 6: Save your goal. Create Reduction Strategies Figure 15: Viewing reduction strategies The planning module provides calculators and information on many different reduction strategies, which you can view as shown in Figure 15. Step 1: Click on the Planning tab. Step 2: Click New Reduction Strategy. Step 3: You can browse through the entire list of strategies, or you can narrow the list using the Filters at right. If you want to filter, follow steps 3a and 3b. o Step 3a: Click on Deselect All. o Step 3b: Check the box for the category(s) you want to look at. You may also apply steps 3a and 3b to Tags. Step 4: Click the name of the strategy calculator you are interested in. You can look through these strategies as a starting point to decide which measures to include in your climate action plan. You may also want to gather ideas for reduction strategies from key stakeholders within and outside your local government, and from the general public. Once you have selected Page 19

20 strategies that you may want to include in your climate action plan, you will need to gather some data to calculate the emissions reductions. The data needed will depend on the particular strategy. As an example, let s look at creating a reduction strategy for Increased Residential Solar Photovoltaic, shown in figure 17. Figure 17: Reduction Strategy Inputs Step 1: Enter the scope of the initiative. This is essentially how many units of the strategy will be implemented. In this case it is the kw of solar capacity that will be installed each year 1. Step 2: Click the Reference Sheet link to help you determine the energy impacts. (Some calculators have reference sheets; for others you will need to find information about energy impacts from an outside source). Step 3: Read the annual generation per kw installed capacity for your region from the Reference Sheet. Step 4: Enter the Energy Impacts. Step 5: Save your strategy (not shown in figure). You might want to created different versions of a strategy, for example, one for moderate implementation and another for more aggressive implementation. You can then test the effect of each in the scenario planner as described below. Create Scenario Once you have created several reduction strategies, you can apply them to create a reduction scenario, as shown in figure In order to determine the level of implementation that makes sense for your community, think about things like the number of households in your community, the average size (kw) of existing residential solar PV systems, and the rate at which systems have been installed in recent years, or in other communities that have created an incentive or promotional program similar to the one you are considering. Page 20

21 Figure 18: Creating a Planning Scenario Step 1: Click on New Planning Scenario. Step 2: Give the scenario a name. Step 3: Select the forecast you want to work from. Step 4: Click Create Planning Scenario. Step 5: Click on Edit Records to begin applying reduction strategies to your scenario. Adding Reduction Strategies to Scenario Figure 19: Adding a Reduction Strategy Page 21

22 Step 1: Click the dropdown labeled Choose a reduction measure, which will bring up a list of the reduction strategies you have created, and select the strategy you want. Step 2: Click the Add button. Step 3: Enter the implementation start year. Step 4: Enter the implementation end year. Most strategies are cumulative, meaning the impact will increase the longer it is implemented. Step 5: Check the box for Active. Step 6: Save the scenario. You will initially see the business as usual forecast; each time you save with additional or changed planning measures, the forecast will adjust to reflect these. You can quickly show the impact of different measures by checking or unchecking the Active box, then saving. You can also save different scenarios with different combinations of measures. Page 22

23 Appendix 1: Emissions Factors for Solid Waste and Electricity Table A1: Default Community Waste Characterization Waste Component Percentage Newspaper 1.3 Office Paper 4.9 Corrugated Cardboard 5.2 Magazines/Third Class Mail 5.9 Food Scraps 15.5 Grass 1.9 Leaves 1.9 Branches 3.3 Dimensional Lumber 14.5 Note: Only components that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions are included, thus the components do not total to 100%. Source: CalRecycle s 2008 report table 7: Overall Disposed Waste Stream Table A2: Default Local Government Waste Characterization Waste Component Percentage Newspaper 5.5 Office Paper 9.1 Corrugated Cardboard 5.1 Magazines/Third Class Mail 19.5 Food Scraps 9.8 Grass 8.1 Leaves 8.1 Branches 0 Dimensional Lumber 5.0 Note: Only components that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions are included, thus the components do not total to 100%. Source: This factor set is to match the Municipal CACP Waste Profile Page 23

24 Table A3: Electricity Emissions Factors Anaheim Public Utilities City and County of San Francisco City of Palo Alto Public Utilities Glendale Water & Power Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Modesto Irrigation District, Retail Power Modesto Irrigation District, Wholesale Power Pacific Gas & Electric Company CO2 Emissions Factors by Utility, Years (lbs/mwh) 2000 a 2001 a 2002 a 2003 a 2004 a 2005 a 2006 a 2007 a 2008 a 2009 a,b 2010 b 1, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , PacifiCorp 1, , , , Pasadena Water & Power Riverside Public Utilities 1, , , , , Roseville Electric Sacramento Municipal Utility District San Diego Gas & Electric Sierra Pacific Resources 1, Southern California Edison Pacific Gas & Electric Company CO2 Emissions Factors by Utility, Years 2011 and After (lbs/mwh) CH4 and N2O Emissions Factors, Statewide (lbs/gwh) CH N2O Page 24

25 Appendix 2: Transportation Emissions Factors Transportation Factor for CO2/mile from EMFAC EMFAC is an online emissions database maintained by the California Air Resources Board. The database contains emissions for on-road vehicles by county and year. You will use this data to calculate an onroad emissions factor for CO2/mile that can be applied to the vehicle miles traveled for your community. Part 1: Locating and retrieve EMFAC emissions from the County to be applied your community Step 1.1: Visit EMFAC Emissions Database at Step 1.2: Data Type: mark Emissions Step 1.3: Region: County (County your jurisdiction is in) Step 1.4: Calendar Year: Select Inventory Year Step 1.5: Season: Select Annual Average Step 1.6: Model Year: Aggregated Step 1.7: Speed: Aggregated Step 1.8: Fuel: Gas or Diesel You will want to download a separate CSV file for gasoline and for diesel to help separate your future SEEC ClearPath transportation entries. A CSV file will download for the selected County. Repeat to download files for both gasoline and diesel. Part 2: Data Conditioning of EMFAC CSV File for County Emissions Step 2.1: Open the CSV File Step 2.2: Highlight Column D (Vehicle Class), Column I (VMT (miles/day) and Column AK (CO2_RUNEX) Note: Pavley 1 & LFCS pertains to passenger car and light duty trucks for gasoline and diesel and the planning module will take into consideration those higher fuel efficiencies Note: Row Header explanations - CO2_RUNEX: Emissions from vehicle in motion Page 25

26 - CO2_IDLEX: Emissions from vehicle while idling - CO2_STREX: Emissions from vehicle ignition NOTE: At the moment, accounting for idling and start emissions is not recommended for the CO2 emission factor for VMT data. It is up to the local government to capture the start and idle emissions at their own discretion and applicability to their community inventory. Step 2.4 Step 2.3: Sum column I VMT (miles/day) for all vehicle types by each individual fuel type: gasoline or diesel Step 2.4: Sum total column AK - combined CO2_RUNEX, to obtain daily combined tons CO 2. Step 2.5: Multiply the result by 2000 (lbs in ton) to convert to daily combined pounds of CO 2 Step 2.6: Divide daily combined pounds of CO 2 by Total daily County VMT by to arrive at Pounds Per VMT and then multiply by to create CO 2 g/mile You will now have a combined vehicle class Grams of CO 2 Per VMT to be applied to your city and/or county specific VMT breakdown. Repeat to calculate factors for both gasoline and diesel. Table A4: N 2 O and CH 4 Emission Factors by inventory year (g/mile) Year N 2 0 CH 4 N 2 0 CH 4 Gasoline Passenger Cars Gasoline Light Trucks Diesel Passenger Cars Diesel Light Trucks All Gasoline Heavy Trucks Diesel Heavy Trucks All Page 26

27 Appendix 3: Registering for SEEC ClearPath CA 1. Go to and click on the Account Setup button. 2. Complete the form, being sure to check the box accepting the User License Agreement, and click Submit Query. Page 27